How a Friend at Divinity School Taught Me God Truly Is Incomprehensible (and Why That's a Good Thing)

Keywords

faith in God, divine attributes, spiritual understanding

Abstract

Some years ago while I was in graduate school, I had a conversation with a friend over lunch that taught me truths about God that I had formerly misunderstood.

My friend and I were discussing faith in God. Drawing from statements based on truths endorsed by Joseph Smith via the Lectures on Faith (see more at Lecture 3 of Lectures on Faith), I expressed my belief that if we seek to have true faith in God we must have accurate ideas about the characteristics of God. The more clear and truthful our understanding of God is, the more powerful our faith has the potential to be. The better that we know God, the deeper our faith will become. My friend agreed.

Original Publication Citation

How a Friend at Divinity School Taught Me God Truly Is Incomprehensible, LDS Living, September 26, 2017.

Document Type

Peer-Reviewed Article

Publication Date

2017

Publisher

LDS Living

Language

English

College

Marriott School of Business

Department

Marketing

University Standing at Time of Publication

Associate Professor

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